Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 2023, 3:38 PM CST for Dale County, Henry County, Alabama; Clay County, Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2023, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2023, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Clay County, GA, Quitman County, GA
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:45 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 Nw Edwin, AL | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY STORM SURVEY. |
| Jan 12, 3:50 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Lawrenceville, AL | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF HENRY COUNTY, NORTH OF ABBEVILLE. 1 HOME WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. |
| Jan 12, 4:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Coates, AL | LARGE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN ALONG SHARON DR. |
| Jan 12, 4:03 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Bagby State Park, GA | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ALONG AZALEA TRACE. |
| Jan 12, 4:03 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 48 | 1 W Standleys Store, GA | |
| Jan 12, 4:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Moores Crossroads, GA | SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE ALONG THORNTON ROAD, CENTERED IN THE PATAULA CREEK AREA. TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED WHEN LARGE TREE BRANCHES FELL ON THEM. |
| Jan 12, 4:14 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 W Standleys Store, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
274
WUUS52 KTAE 122138
SVRTAE
ALC045-067-GAC061-239-122230-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0021.230112T2138Z-230112T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
438 PM EST Thu Jan 12 2023
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Dale County in southeastern Alabama...
Northern Henry County in southeastern Alabama...
Northwestern Clay County in southwestern Georgia...
Quitman County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 530 PM EST/430 PM CST/.
* At 438 PM EST/338 PM CST/, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Texasville, or 8 miles east of Clio, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fort Gaines, Georgetown, Walter F. George Lock And Dam, Wire
Bridge, Walter F George Lake, Bonapartes Retreat, Edwin, Standleys
Store, Watson Crossroads, Scottsboro Crossroads, Double Bridges,
Crossroads, Ricks Place, Pecan, Thomas Mill Creek, Hatcher, Morris,
Jones Crossing, Bethel and Cotton Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST/800 PM CST/ for
southeastern Alabama...and southwestern Georgia.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST/800 PM CST/ for
southeastern Alabama...and southwestern Georgia.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8495 3197 8496 3194 8496 3192 8491
3178 8491 3178 8496 3172 8496 3167 8493
3163 8494 3159 8559 3162 8560 3162 8542
3171 8542 3170 8522 3174 8520 3177 8516
3176 8513 3189 8513 3194 8508 3199 8507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 259DEG 47KT 3171 8546
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
01-GONZALEZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:13 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 19 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dale, Henry | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 34 min |
| Jan 12, 11:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 12:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Henry | 28 min |
| Jan 12, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Henry | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 4:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 29 min |
| Jan 12, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Henry | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 58 min |
| Jan 12, 12:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 44 min |
| Jan 12, 12:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Randolph | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Terrell | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 4:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Thomas | 51 min |
| Jan 12, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee, Terrell | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Lee, Turner, Worth | 24 min |
| Jan 12, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 3 more | 48 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.